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.985 Patented Aug. 12.1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO HBNER AND ARTHUR HBNER, OF BRESLAU, GERMANY.

HAT-SWEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,985, dated August 12, 1890.

Application led February 28, 1890. Serial No. 342,168. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OTTO HBNER and ARTHUR HBNER, of the firm of GEBRDER HBNER, manufacturers, of Breslau, in the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, have invented a new and useful Device for the Prevention of the Sweating and Soiling with Grease of Head-Coverings of all Sorts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a device for the prevention of the sweating and soiling with grease of head-coverings of all sorts.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved lining for hats, caps, and other head-coverings which shall prevent perspiration from penetrating such head-covering, and which takes place of the well-known leather lining.

In using ordinary hats the perspiration which is absorbed by and penetrates the leather lining is carried either directly or indirectly by means of the stitching through the exterior of the hat, which causes the latter to assume an unsightly appearance. To prevent thisdisiigurement there is provided; according to this invention, between the lining of the hat and the material forming the hat proper a metallic band, which precludes'the possibility of moisture penetrating through and to the exterior of the hat.

This invention also provides a means of uniting the metallic band and the material of the hat together.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a hat constructed in accordance to this invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged sectional view, and Fig. 3 a perspective sectional view, of the metallic lining.

A indicates the hat as a whole, B the leather lining ordinarily employed, and C the metallic lining interposed between the leather lining and the inner face of the hat-body. The metallic lining C comprises two separate bands a and b, (preferably made of a nonoxidizable materiah) having their ends riveted or otherwise fastened, united, as at c c. Band b is about one-half the width of the band a, and is united at its upper edge to band a, as shown in Fig. 3, the main portion of the band b being set away from the inner face of band a, so as to form a pocket or opening d to receive the turned-up edge g of the leather lining B.

The main body of the leather lining B extends upward Within the metallic band, and covers practically the entire inner face of the latter, thereby preventing the metallic surface from coming into contact with the head.

By means of holes or slots c in the metal band the ent-ire lining may be fastened to the body of the hat through the agency of metallic clamps f, the ends of which are passed through the holes and also through the body of the hat and bentdown and covered by the ribbon 7c, which is commonly employed.

If it is so desired,additional lining may be placedbetween the leather band B and the metallic band C.

In attaching a lining to a hat according to this invention the inner leather lining B is stretched with its turned-over edge between the band a and b. The metallicband is then placed inside the hat, and when adjusted to its proper height the clamps f are passedl fastening of the inner leather lining the" passage of the perspiration `by capillary attraction is entirely avoided, and since the inner leather lining does not come in contact with the felt or other material composing the hat-body, but is divided therefrom by a layer of metal, passage of perspiration from the interior lining to the exterior surface of the hat is prevented and disigurement avoided.

the hat, all substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO I'IUBNER. ARTHUR HUBNER. Vitnesses:

ERNST J AECKEL, ALFRED BRE. 

